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* [PATCH v14 1/3] Add API of sorts for transition table handling in trigger.c
@ 2022-02-02 19:58 Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Alvaro Herrera @ 2022-02-02 19:58 UTC (permalink / raw)

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

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

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
index 1a9c1ac290..23af3f2269 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ static HeapTuple ExecCallTriggerFunc(TriggerData *trigdata,
 									 FmgrInfo *finfo,
 									 Instrumentation *instr,
 									 MemoryContext per_tuple_context);
+static Tuplestorestate *AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(int event,
+													   TupleTableSlot *oldslot,
+													   TupleTableSlot *newslot,
+													   TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture);
+static void TransitionTableAddTuple(EState *estate,
+									TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture,
+									ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
+									TupleTableSlot *slot,
+									TupleTableSlot *original_insert_tuple,
+									Tuplestorestate *tuplestore);
 static void AfterTriggerSaveEvent(EState *estate, ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
 								  int event, bool row_trigger,
 								  TupleTableSlot *oldtup, TupleTableSlot *newtup,
@@ -5650,6 +5660,91 @@ AfterTriggerPendingOnRel(Oid relid)
 	return false;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Get the transition table for the given event and depending on whether we are
+ * processing the old or the new tuple.
+ */
+static Tuplestorestate *
+AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(int event,
+							   TupleTableSlot *oldslot,
+							   TupleTableSlot *newslot,
+							   TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture)
+{
+	Tuplestorestate *tuplestore = NULL;
+	bool		delete_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_delete_old_table;
+	bool		update_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_old_table;
+	bool		update_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_new_table;
+	bool		insert_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_insert_new_table;
+
+	/*
+	 * For INSERT events NEW should be non-NULL, for DELETE events OLD
+	 * should be non-NULL, whereas for UPDATE events normally both OLD and
+	 * NEW are non-NULL.  But for UPDATE events fired for capturing
+	 * transition tuples during UPDATE partition-key row movement, OLD is
+	 * NULL when the event is for a row being inserted, whereas NEW is
+	 * NULL when the event is for a row being deleted.
+	 */
+	Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table &&
+			 TupIsNull(oldslot)));
+	Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table &&
+			 TupIsNull(newslot)));
+
+	if (!TupIsNull(oldslot))
+	{
+		Assert(TupIsNull(newslot));
+		if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->old_tuplestore;
+		else if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_old_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->old_tuplestore;
+	}
+	else if (!TupIsNull(newslot))
+	{
+		Assert(TupIsNull(oldslot));
+		if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->new_tuplestore;
+		else if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_new_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->new_tuplestore;
+	}
+
+	return tuplestore;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add the given heap tuple to the given tuplestore, applying the conversion
+ * map if necessary.
+ *
+ * If original_insert_tuple is given, we can add that tuple without conversion.
+ */
+static void
+TransitionTableAddTuple(EState *estate,
+						TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture,
+						ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
+						TupleTableSlot *slot,
+						TupleTableSlot *original_insert_tuple,
+						Tuplestorestate *tuplestore)
+{
+	TupleConversionMap *map;
+
+	/*
+	 * Nothing needs to be done if we don't have a tuplestore.
+	 */
+	if (tuplestore == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	if (original_insert_tuple)
+		tuplestore_puttupleslot(tuplestore, original_insert_tuple);
+	else if ((map = ExecGetChildToRootMap(relinfo)) != NULL)
+	{
+		AfterTriggersTableData *table = transition_capture->tcs_private;
+		TupleTableSlot *storeslot;
+
+		storeslot = GetAfterTriggersStoreSlot(table, map->outdesc);
+		execute_attr_map_slot(map->attrMap, slot, storeslot);
+		tuplestore_puttupleslot(tuplestore, storeslot);
+	}
+	else
+		tuplestore_puttupleslot(tuplestore, slot);
+}
 
 /* ----------
  * AfterTriggerSaveEvent()
@@ -5709,68 +5804,39 @@ AfterTriggerSaveEvent(EState *estate, ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
 	 */
 	if (row_trigger && transition_capture != NULL)
 	{
-		TupleTableSlot *original_insert_tuple = transition_capture->tcs_original_insert_tuple;
-		TupleConversionMap *map = ExecGetChildToRootMap(relinfo);
-		bool		delete_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_delete_old_table;
-		bool		update_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_old_table;
-		bool		update_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_new_table;
-		bool		insert_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_insert_new_table;
 
 		/*
-		 * For INSERT events NEW should be non-NULL, for DELETE events OLD
-		 * should be non-NULL, whereas for UPDATE events normally both OLD and
-		 * NEW are non-NULL.  But for UPDATE events fired for capturing
-		 * transition tuples during UPDATE partition-key row movement, OLD is
-		 * NULL when the event is for a row being inserted, whereas NEW is
-		 * NULL when the event is for a row being deleted.
+		 * Capture the old tuple in the appropriate transition table based on
+		 * the event.
 		 */
-		Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table &&
-				 TupIsNull(oldslot)));
-		Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table &&
-				 TupIsNull(newslot)));
-
-		if (!TupIsNull(oldslot) &&
-			((event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table) ||
-			 (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_old_table)))
+		if (!TupIsNull(oldslot))
 		{
 			Tuplestorestate *old_tuplestore;
 
-			old_tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->old_tuplestore;
-
-			if (map != NULL)
-			{
-				AfterTriggersTableData *table = transition_capture->tcs_private;
-				TupleTableSlot *storeslot;
-
-				storeslot = GetAfterTriggersStoreSlot(table, map->outdesc);
-				execute_attr_map_slot(map->attrMap, oldslot, storeslot);
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(old_tuplestore, storeslot);
-			}
-			else
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(old_tuplestore, oldslot);
+			old_tuplestore = AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(event,
+															oldslot,
+															NULL,
+															transition_capture);
+			TransitionTableAddTuple(estate, transition_capture, relinfo,
+									oldslot, NULL, old_tuplestore);
 		}
-		if (!TupIsNull(newslot) &&
-			((event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table) ||
-			 (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_new_table)))
+
+		/*
+		 * Capture the new tuple in the appropriate transition table based on
+		 * the event.
+		 */
+		if (!TupIsNull(newslot))
 		{
 			Tuplestorestate *new_tuplestore;
 
-			new_tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->new_tuplestore;
-
-			if (original_insert_tuple != NULL)
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(new_tuplestore,
-										original_insert_tuple);
-			else if (map != NULL)
-			{
-				AfterTriggersTableData *table = transition_capture->tcs_private;
-				TupleTableSlot *storeslot;
-
-				storeslot = GetAfterTriggersStoreSlot(table, map->outdesc);
-				execute_attr_map_slot(map->attrMap, newslot, storeslot);
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(new_tuplestore, storeslot);
-			}
-			else
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(new_tuplestore, newslot);
+			new_tuplestore = AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(event,
+															NULL,
+															newslot,
+															transition_capture);
+			TransitionTableAddTuple(estate, transition_capture, relinfo,
+									newslot,
+									transition_capture->tcs_original_insert_tuple,
+									new_tuplestore);
 		}
 
 		/*
-- 
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* [PATCH v22 1/2] Split vacuumdb to create vacuuming.c/h
@ 2025-09-25 12:58 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2025-09-25 12:58 UTC (permalink / raw)

This allows these routines to be reused by a future utility heavily
based on vacuumdb.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/[email protected]
---
 src/bin/scripts/Makefile    |    4 +-
 src/bin/scripts/meson.build |   28 +-
 src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c  | 1055 +----------------------------------
 src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.c | 1012 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.h |   68 +++
 5 files changed, 1131 insertions(+), 1036 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.c
 create mode 100644 src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.h

diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/Makefile b/src/bin/scripts/Makefile
index f6b4d40810b..019ca06455d 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ createuser: createuser.o common.o $(WIN32RES) | submake-libpq submake-libpgport
 dropdb: dropdb.o common.o $(WIN32RES) | submake-libpq submake-libpgport submake-libpgfeutils
 dropuser: dropuser.o common.o $(WIN32RES) | submake-libpq submake-libpgport submake-libpgfeutils
 clusterdb: clusterdb.o common.o $(WIN32RES) | submake-libpq submake-libpgport submake-libpgfeutils
-vacuumdb: vacuumdb.o common.o $(WIN32RES) | submake-libpq submake-libpgport submake-libpgfeutils
+vacuumdb: vacuumdb.o vacuuming.o common.o $(WIN32RES) | submake-libpq submake-libpgport submake-libpgfeutils
 reindexdb: reindexdb.o common.o $(WIN32RES) | submake-libpq submake-libpgport submake-libpgfeutils
 pg_isready: pg_isready.o common.o $(WIN32RES) | submake-libpq submake-libpgport submake-libpgfeutils
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ uninstall:
 
 clean distclean:
 	rm -f $(addsuffix $(X), $(PROGRAMS)) $(addsuffix .o, $(PROGRAMS))
-	rm -f common.o $(WIN32RES)
+	rm -f common.o vacuuming.o $(WIN32RES)
 	rm -rf tmp_check
 
 export with_icu
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/meson.build b/src/bin/scripts/meson.build
index 80df7c33257..a4fed59d1c9 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/meson.build
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/meson.build
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ binaries = [
   'createuser',
   'dropuser',
   'clusterdb',
-  'vacuumdb',
   'reindexdb',
   'pg_isready',
 ]
@@ -35,6 +34,33 @@ foreach binary : binaries
   bin_targets += binary
 endforeach
 
+vacuuming_common = static_library('libvacuuming_common',
+  files('common.c', 'vacuuming.c'),
+  dependencies: [frontend_code, libpq],
+  kwargs: internal_lib_args,
+)
+
+binaries = [
+  'vacuumdb',
+]
+foreach binary : binaries
+  binary_sources = files('@[email protected]'.format(binary))
+
+  if host_system == 'windows'
+    binary_sources += rc_bin_gen.process(win32ver_rc, extra_args: [
+      '--NAME', binary,
+      '--FILEDESC', '@0@ - PostgreSQL utility'.format(binary),])
+  endif
+
+  binary = executable(binary,
+    binary_sources,
+    link_with: [vacuuming_common],
+    dependencies: [frontend_code, libpq],
+    kwargs: default_bin_args,
+  )
+  bin_targets += binary
+endforeach
+
 tests += {
   'name': 'scripts',
   'sd': meson.current_source_dir(),
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c b/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c
index 6e30f223efe..00babc5c9c0 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c
@@ -14,91 +14,13 @@
 
 #include <limits.h>
 
-#include "catalog/pg_attribute_d.h"
-#include "catalog/pg_class_d.h"
 #include "common.h"
-#include "common/connect.h"
 #include "common/logging.h"
-#include "fe_utils/cancel.h"
 #include "fe_utils/option_utils.h"
-#include "fe_utils/parallel_slot.h"
-#include "fe_utils/query_utils.h"
-#include "fe_utils/simple_list.h"
-#include "fe_utils/string_utils.h"
-
-
-/* vacuum options controlled by user flags */
-typedef struct vacuumingOptions
-{
-	bool		analyze_only;
-	bool		verbose;
-	bool		and_analyze;
-	bool		full;
-	bool		freeze;
-	bool		disable_page_skipping;
-	bool		skip_locked;
-	int			min_xid_age;
-	int			min_mxid_age;
-	int			parallel_workers;	/* >= 0 indicates user specified the
-									 * parallel degree, otherwise -1 */
-	bool		no_index_cleanup;
-	bool		force_index_cleanup;
-	bool		do_truncate;
-	bool		process_main;
-	bool		process_toast;
-	bool		skip_database_stats;
-	char	   *buffer_usage_limit;
-	bool		missing_stats_only;
-} vacuumingOptions;
-
-/* object filter options */
-typedef enum
-{
-	OBJFILTER_NONE = 0,			/* no filter used */
-	OBJFILTER_ALL_DBS = (1 << 0),	/* -a | --all */
-	OBJFILTER_DATABASE = (1 << 1),	/* -d | --dbname */
-	OBJFILTER_TABLE = (1 << 2), /* -t | --table */
-	OBJFILTER_SCHEMA = (1 << 3),	/* -n | --schema */
-	OBJFILTER_SCHEMA_EXCLUDE = (1 << 4),	/* -N | --exclude-schema */
-} VacObjFilter;
-
-static VacObjFilter objfilter = OBJFILTER_NONE;
-
-static SimpleStringList *retrieve_objects(PGconn *conn,
-										  vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
-										  SimpleStringList *objects,
-										  bool echo);
-
-static void vacuum_one_database(ConnParams *cparams,
-								vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
-								int stage,
-								SimpleStringList *objects,
-								SimpleStringList **found_objs,
-								int concurrentCons,
-								const char *progname, bool echo, bool quiet);
-
-static void vacuum_all_databases(ConnParams *cparams,
-								 vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
-								 bool analyze_in_stages,
-								 SimpleStringList *objects,
-								 int concurrentCons,
-								 const char *progname, bool echo, bool quiet);
-
-static void prepare_vacuum_command(PQExpBuffer sql, int serverVersion,
-								   vacuumingOptions *vacopts, const char *table);
-
-static void run_vacuum_command(PGconn *conn, const char *sql, bool echo,
-							   const char *table);
+#include "vacuuming.h"
 
 static void help(const char *progname);
-
-void		check_objfilter(void);
-
-static char *escape_quotes(const char *src);
-
-/* For analyze-in-stages mode */
-#define ANALYZE_NO_STAGE	-1
-#define ANALYZE_NUM_STAGES	3
+static void check_objfilter(VacObjFilter objfilter);
 
 
 int
@@ -145,18 +67,16 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int			c;
 	const char *dbname = NULL;
 	const char *maintenance_db = NULL;
-	char	   *host = NULL;
-	char	   *port = NULL;
-	char	   *username = NULL;
-	enum trivalue prompt_password = TRI_DEFAULT;
 	ConnParams	cparams;
 	bool		echo = false;
 	bool		quiet = false;
 	vacuumingOptions vacopts;
 	bool		analyze_in_stages = false;
 	SimpleStringList objects = {NULL, NULL};
+	VacObjFilter objfilter = OBJFILTER_NONE;
 	int			concurrentCons = 1;
 	int			tbl_count = 0;
+	int			ret;
 
 	/* initialize options */
 	memset(&vacopts, 0, sizeof(vacopts));
@@ -168,13 +88,18 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	vacopts.process_main = true;
 	vacopts.process_toast = true;
 
+	/* the same for connection parameters */
+	memset(&cparams, 0, sizeof(cparams));
+	cparams.prompt_password = TRI_DEFAULT;
+
 	pg_logging_init(argv[0]);
 	progname = get_progname(argv[0]);
 	set_pglocale_pgservice(argv[0], PG_TEXTDOMAIN("pgscripts"));
 
 	handle_help_version_opts(argc, argv, "vacuumdb", help);
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "ad:efFh:j:n:N:p:P:qt:U:vwWzZ", long_options, &optindex)) != -1)
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "ad:efFh:j:n:N:p:P:qt:U:vwWzZ",
+							long_options, &optindex)) != -1)
 	{
 		switch (c)
 		{
@@ -195,7 +120,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				vacopts.freeze = true;
 				break;
 			case 'h':
-				host = pg_strdup(optarg);
+				cparams.pghost = pg_strdup(optarg);
 				break;
 			case 'j':
 				if (!option_parse_int(optarg, "-j/--jobs", 1, INT_MAX,
@@ -211,7 +136,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				simple_string_list_append(&objects, optarg);
 				break;
 			case 'p':
-				port = pg_strdup(optarg);
+				cparams.pgport = pg_strdup(optarg);
 				break;
 			case 'P':
 				if (!option_parse_int(optarg, "-P/--parallel", 0, INT_MAX,
@@ -227,16 +152,16 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				tbl_count++;
 				break;
 			case 'U':
-				username = pg_strdup(optarg);
+				cparams.pguser = pg_strdup(optarg);
 				break;
 			case 'v':
 				vacopts.verbose = true;
 				break;
 			case 'w':
-				prompt_password = TRI_NO;
+				cparams.prompt_password = TRI_NO;
 				break;
 			case 'W':
-				prompt_password = TRI_YES;
+				cparams.prompt_password = TRI_YES;
 				break;
 			case 'z':
 				vacopts.and_analyze = true;
@@ -317,7 +242,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 * Validate the combination of filters specified in the command-line
 	 * options.
 	 */
-	check_objfilter();
+	check_objfilter(objfilter);
 
 	if (vacopts.analyze_only)
 	{
@@ -380,74 +305,18 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option without \"%s\" or \"%s\"",
 				 "missing-stats-only", "analyze-only", "analyze-in-stages");
 
-	/* fill cparams except for dbname, which is set below */
-	cparams.pghost = host;
-	cparams.pgport = port;
-	cparams.pguser = username;
-	cparams.prompt_password = prompt_password;
-	cparams.override_dbname = NULL;
-
-	setup_cancel_handler(NULL);
-
-	/* Avoid opening extra connections. */
-	if (tbl_count && (concurrentCons > tbl_count))
-		concurrentCons = tbl_count;
-
-	if (objfilter & OBJFILTER_ALL_DBS)
-	{
-		cparams.dbname = maintenance_db;
-
-		vacuum_all_databases(&cparams, &vacopts,
-							 analyze_in_stages,
-							 &objects,
-							 concurrentCons,
-							 progname, echo, quiet);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		if (dbname == NULL)
-		{
-			if (getenv("PGDATABASE"))
-				dbname = getenv("PGDATABASE");
-			else if (getenv("PGUSER"))
-				dbname = getenv("PGUSER");
-			else
-				dbname = get_user_name_or_exit(progname);
-		}
-
-		cparams.dbname = dbname;
-
-		if (analyze_in_stages)
-		{
-			int			stage;
-			SimpleStringList *found_objs = NULL;
-
-			for (stage = 0; stage < ANALYZE_NUM_STAGES; stage++)
-			{
-				vacuum_one_database(&cparams, &vacopts,
-									stage,
-									&objects,
-									vacopts.missing_stats_only ? &found_objs : NULL,
-									concurrentCons,
-									progname, echo, quiet);
-			}
-		}
-		else
-			vacuum_one_database(&cparams, &vacopts,
-								ANALYZE_NO_STAGE,
-								&objects, NULL,
-								concurrentCons,
-								progname, echo, quiet);
-	}
-
-	exit(0);
+	ret = vacuuming_main(&cparams, dbname, maintenance_db, &vacopts,
+						 objfilter, &objects, tbl_count, analyze_in_stages,
+						 concurrentCons,
+						 progname, echo, quiet);
+	exit(ret);
 }
 
 /*
  * Verify that the filters used at command line are compatible.
  */
 void
-check_objfilter(void)
+check_objfilter(VacObjFilter objfilter)
 {
 	if ((objfilter & OBJFILTER_ALL_DBS) &&
 		(objfilter & OBJFILTER_DATABASE))
@@ -466,886 +335,6 @@ check_objfilter(void)
 		pg_fatal("cannot vacuum all tables in schema(s) and exclude schema(s) at the same time");
 }
 
-/*
- * Returns a newly malloc'd version of 'src' with escaped single quotes and
- * backslashes.
- */
-static char *
-escape_quotes(const char *src)
-{
-	char	   *result = escape_single_quotes_ascii(src);
-
-	if (!result)
-		pg_fatal("out of memory");
-	return result;
-}
-
-/*
- * vacuum_one_database
- *
- * Process tables in the given database.
- *
- * There are two ways to specify the list of objects to process:
- *
- * 1) The "found_objs" parameter is a double pointer to a fully qualified list
- *    of objects to process, as returned by a previous call to
- *    vacuum_one_database().
- *
- *     a) If both "found_objs" (the double pointer) and "*found_objs" (the
- *        once-dereferenced double pointer) are not NULL, this list takes
- *        priority, and anything specified in "objects" is ignored.
- *
- *     b) If "found_objs" (the double pointer) is not NULL but "*found_objs"
- *        (the once-dereferenced double pointer) _is_ NULL, the "objects"
- *        parameter takes priority, and the results of the catalog query
- *        described in (2) are stored in "found_objs".
- *
- *     c) If "found_objs" (the double pointer) is NULL, the "objects"
- *        parameter again takes priority, and the results of the catalog query
- *        are not saved.
- *
- * 2) The "objects" parameter is a user-specified list of objects to process.
- *    When (1b) or (1c) applies, this function performs a catalog query to
- *    retrieve a fully qualified list of objects to process, as described
- *    below.
- *
- *     a) If "objects" is not NULL, the catalog query gathers only the objects
- *        listed in "objects".
- *
- *     b) If "objects" is NULL, all tables in the database are gathered.
- *
- * Note that this function is only concerned with running exactly one stage
- * when in analyze-in-stages mode; caller must iterate on us if necessary.
- *
- * If concurrentCons is > 1, multiple connections are used to vacuum tables
- * in parallel.
- */
-static void
-vacuum_one_database(ConnParams *cparams,
-					vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
-					int stage,
-					SimpleStringList *objects,
-					SimpleStringList **found_objs,
-					int concurrentCons,
-					const char *progname, bool echo, bool quiet)
-{
-	PQExpBufferData sql;
-	PGconn	   *conn;
-	SimpleStringListCell *cell;
-	ParallelSlotArray *sa;
-	int			ntups = 0;
-	bool		failed = false;
-	const char *initcmd;
-	SimpleStringList *ret = NULL;
-	const char *stage_commands[] = {
-		"SET default_statistics_target=1; SET vacuum_cost_delay=0;",
-		"SET default_statistics_target=10; RESET vacuum_cost_delay;",
-		"RESET default_statistics_target;"
-	};
-	const char *stage_messages[] = {
-		gettext_noop("Generating minimal optimizer statistics (1 target)"),
-		gettext_noop("Generating medium optimizer statistics (10 targets)"),
-		gettext_noop("Generating default (full) optimizer statistics")
-	};
-
-	Assert(stage == ANALYZE_NO_STAGE ||
-		   (stage >= 0 && stage < ANALYZE_NUM_STAGES));
-
-	conn = connectDatabase(cparams, progname, echo, false, true);
-
-	if (vacopts->disable_page_skipping && PQserverVersion(conn) < 90600)
-	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
-				 "disable-page-skipping", "9.6");
-	}
-
-	if (vacopts->no_index_cleanup && PQserverVersion(conn) < 120000)
-	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
-				 "no-index-cleanup", "12");
-	}
-
-	if (vacopts->force_index_cleanup && PQserverVersion(conn) < 120000)
-	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
-				 "force-index-cleanup", "12");
-	}
-
-	if (!vacopts->do_truncate && PQserverVersion(conn) < 120000)
-	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
-				 "no-truncate", "12");
-	}
-
-	if (!vacopts->process_main && PQserverVersion(conn) < 160000)
-	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
-				 "no-process-main", "16");
-	}
-
-	if (!vacopts->process_toast && PQserverVersion(conn) < 140000)
-	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
-				 "no-process-toast", "14");
-	}
-
-	if (vacopts->skip_locked && PQserverVersion(conn) < 120000)
-	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
-				 "skip-locked", "12");
-	}
-
-	if (vacopts->min_xid_age != 0 && PQserverVersion(conn) < 90600)
-	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
-				 "--min-xid-age", "9.6");
-	}
-
-	if (vacopts->min_mxid_age != 0 && PQserverVersion(conn) < 90600)
-	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
-				 "--min-mxid-age", "9.6");
-	}
-
-	if (vacopts->parallel_workers >= 0 && PQserverVersion(conn) < 130000)
-	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
-				 "--parallel", "13");
-	}
-
-	if (vacopts->buffer_usage_limit && PQserverVersion(conn) < 160000)
-	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
-				 "--buffer-usage-limit", "16");
-	}
-
-	if (vacopts->missing_stats_only && PQserverVersion(conn) < 150000)
-	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
-				 "--missing-stats-only", "15");
-	}
-
-	/* skip_database_stats is used automatically if server supports it */
-	vacopts->skip_database_stats = (PQserverVersion(conn) >= 160000);
-
-	if (!quiet)
-	{
-		if (stage != ANALYZE_NO_STAGE)
-			printf(_("%s: processing database \"%s\": %s\n"),
-				   progname, PQdb(conn), _(stage_messages[stage]));
-		else
-			printf(_("%s: vacuuming database \"%s\"\n"),
-				   progname, PQdb(conn));
-		fflush(stdout);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * If the caller provided the results of a previous catalog query, just
-	 * use that.  Otherwise, run the catalog query ourselves and set the
-	 * return variable if provided.
-	 */
-	if (found_objs && *found_objs)
-		ret = *found_objs;
-	else
-	{
-		ret = retrieve_objects(conn, vacopts, objects, echo);
-		if (found_objs)
-			*found_objs = ret;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Count the number of objects in the catalog query result.  If there are
-	 * none, we are done.
-	 */
-	for (cell = ret ? ret->head : NULL; cell; cell = cell->next)
-		ntups++;
-
-	if (ntups == 0)
-	{
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Ensure concurrentCons is sane.  If there are more connections than
-	 * vacuumable relations, we don't need to use them all.
-	 */
-	if (concurrentCons > ntups)
-		concurrentCons = ntups;
-	if (concurrentCons <= 0)
-		concurrentCons = 1;
-
-	/*
-	 * All slots need to be prepared to run the appropriate analyze stage, if
-	 * caller requested that mode.  We have to prepare the initial connection
-	 * ourselves before setting up the slots.
-	 */
-	if (stage == ANALYZE_NO_STAGE)
-		initcmd = NULL;
-	else
-	{
-		initcmd = stage_commands[stage];
-		executeCommand(conn, initcmd, echo);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Setup the database connections. We reuse the connection we already have
-	 * for the first slot.  If not in parallel mode, the first slot in the
-	 * array contains the connection.
-	 */
-	sa = ParallelSlotsSetup(concurrentCons, cparams, progname, echo, initcmd);
-	ParallelSlotsAdoptConn(sa, conn);
-
-	initPQExpBuffer(&sql);
-
-	cell = ret->head;
-	do
-	{
-		const char *tabname = cell->val;
-		ParallelSlot *free_slot;
-
-		if (CancelRequested)
-		{
-			failed = true;
-			goto finish;
-		}
-
-		free_slot = ParallelSlotsGetIdle(sa, NULL);
-		if (!free_slot)
-		{
-			failed = true;
-			goto finish;
-		}
-
-		prepare_vacuum_command(&sql, PQserverVersion(free_slot->connection),
-							   vacopts, tabname);
-
-		/*
-		 * Execute the vacuum.  All errors are handled in processQueryResult
-		 * through ParallelSlotsGetIdle.
-		 */
-		ParallelSlotSetHandler(free_slot, TableCommandResultHandler, NULL);
-		run_vacuum_command(free_slot->connection, sql.data,
-						   echo, tabname);
-
-		cell = cell->next;
-	} while (cell != NULL);
-
-	if (!ParallelSlotsWaitCompletion(sa))
-	{
-		failed = true;
-		goto finish;
-	}
-
-	/* If we used SKIP_DATABASE_STATS, mop up with ONLY_DATABASE_STATS */
-	if (vacopts->skip_database_stats && stage == ANALYZE_NO_STAGE &&
-		!vacopts->analyze_only)
-	{
-		const char *cmd = "VACUUM (ONLY_DATABASE_STATS);";
-		ParallelSlot *free_slot = ParallelSlotsGetIdle(sa, NULL);
-
-		if (!free_slot)
-		{
-			failed = true;
-			goto finish;
-		}
-
-		ParallelSlotSetHandler(free_slot, TableCommandResultHandler, NULL);
-		run_vacuum_command(free_slot->connection, cmd, echo, NULL);
-
-		if (!ParallelSlotsWaitCompletion(sa))
-			failed = true;
-	}
-
-finish:
-	ParallelSlotsTerminate(sa);
-	pg_free(sa);
-
-	termPQExpBuffer(&sql);
-
-	if (failed)
-		exit(1);
-}
-
-/*
- * Prepare the list of tables to process by querying the catalogs.
- *
- * Since we execute the constructed query with the default search_path (which
- * could be unsafe), everything in this query MUST be fully qualified.
- *
- * First, build a WITH clause for the catalog query if any tables were
- * specified, with a set of values made of relation names and their optional
- * set of columns.  This is used to match any provided column lists with the
- * generated qualified identifiers and to filter for the tables provided via
- * --table.  If a listed table does not exist, the catalog query will fail.
- */
-static SimpleStringList *
-retrieve_objects(PGconn *conn, vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
-				 SimpleStringList *objects, bool echo)
-{
-	PQExpBufferData buf;
-	PQExpBufferData catalog_query;
-	PGresult   *res;
-	SimpleStringListCell *cell;
-	SimpleStringList *found_objs = palloc0(sizeof(SimpleStringList));
-	bool		objects_listed = false;
-
-	initPQExpBuffer(&catalog_query);
-	for (cell = objects ? objects->head : NULL; cell; cell = cell->next)
-	{
-		char	   *just_table = NULL;
-		const char *just_columns = NULL;
-
-		if (!objects_listed)
-		{
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-								 "WITH listed_objects (object_oid, column_list) "
-								 "AS (\n  VALUES (");
-			objects_listed = true;
-		}
-		else
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, ",\n  (");
-
-		if (objfilter & (OBJFILTER_SCHEMA | OBJFILTER_SCHEMA_EXCLUDE))
-		{
-			appendStringLiteralConn(&catalog_query, cell->val, conn);
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "::pg_catalog.regnamespace, ");
-		}
-
-		if (objfilter & OBJFILTER_TABLE)
-		{
-			/*
-			 * Split relation and column names given by the user, this is used
-			 * to feed the CTE with values on which are performed pre-run
-			 * validity checks as well.  For now these happen only on the
-			 * relation name.
-			 */
-			splitTableColumnsSpec(cell->val, PQclientEncoding(conn),
-								  &just_table, &just_columns);
-
-			appendStringLiteralConn(&catalog_query, just_table, conn);
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "::pg_catalog.regclass, ");
-		}
-
-		if (just_columns && just_columns[0] != '\0')
-			appendStringLiteralConn(&catalog_query, just_columns, conn);
-		else
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "NULL");
-
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "::pg_catalog.text)");
-
-		pg_free(just_table);
-	}
-
-	/* Finish formatting the CTE */
-	if (objects_listed)
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "\n)\n");
-
-	appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "SELECT c.relname, ns.nspname");
-
-	if (objects_listed)
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, ", listed_objects.column_list");
-
-	appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-						 " FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c\n"
-						 " JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace ns"
-						 " ON c.relnamespace OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) ns.oid\n"
-						 " CROSS JOIN LATERAL (SELECT c.relkind IN ("
-						 CppAsString2(RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE) ", "
-						 CppAsString2(RELKIND_PARTITIONED_INDEX) ")) as p (inherited)\n"
-						 " LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_class t"
-						 " ON c.reltoastrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) t.oid\n");
-
-	/*
-	 * Used to match the tables or schemas listed by the user, completing the
-	 * JOIN clause.
-	 */
-	if (objects_listed)
-	{
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, " LEFT JOIN listed_objects"
-							 " ON listed_objects.object_oid"
-							 " OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) ");
-
-		if (objfilter & OBJFILTER_TABLE)
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "c.oid\n");
-		else
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "ns.oid\n");
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Exclude temporary tables, beginning the WHERE clause.
-	 */
-	appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-						 " WHERE c.relpersistence OPERATOR(pg_catalog.!=) "
-						 CppAsString2(RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP) "\n");
-
-	/*
-	 * Used to match the tables or schemas listed by the user, for the WHERE
-	 * clause.
-	 */
-	if (objects_listed)
-	{
-		if (objfilter & OBJFILTER_SCHEMA_EXCLUDE)
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-								 " AND listed_objects.object_oid IS NULL\n");
-		else
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-								 " AND listed_objects.object_oid IS NOT NULL\n");
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * If no tables were listed, filter for the relevant relation types.  If
-	 * tables were given via --table, don't bother filtering by relation type.
-	 * Instead, let the server decide whether a given relation can be
-	 * processed in which case the user will know about it.
-	 */
-	if ((objfilter & OBJFILTER_TABLE) == 0)
-	{
-		/*
-		 * vacuumdb should generally follow the behavior of the underlying
-		 * VACUUM and ANALYZE commands. If analyze_only is true, process
-		 * regular tables, materialized views, and partitioned tables, just
-		 * like ANALYZE (with no specific target tables) does. Otherwise,
-		 * process only regular tables and materialized views, since VACUUM
-		 * skips partitioned tables when no target tables are specified.
-		 */
-		if (vacopts->analyze_only)
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-								 " AND c.relkind OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) ANY (array["
-								 CppAsString2(RELKIND_RELATION) ", "
-								 CppAsString2(RELKIND_MATVIEW) ", "
-								 CppAsString2(RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE) "])\n");
-		else
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-								 " AND c.relkind OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) ANY (array["
-								 CppAsString2(RELKIND_RELATION) ", "
-								 CppAsString2(RELKIND_MATVIEW) "])\n");
-
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * For --min-xid-age and --min-mxid-age, the age of the relation is the
-	 * greatest of the ages of the main relation and its associated TOAST
-	 * table.  The commands generated by vacuumdb will also process the TOAST
-	 * table for the relation if necessary, so it does not need to be
-	 * considered separately.
-	 */
-	if (vacopts->min_xid_age != 0)
-	{
-		appendPQExpBuffer(&catalog_query,
-						  " AND GREATEST(pg_catalog.age(c.relfrozenxid),"
-						  " pg_catalog.age(t.relfrozenxid)) "
-						  " OPERATOR(pg_catalog.>=) '%d'::pg_catalog.int4\n"
-						  " AND c.relfrozenxid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.!=)"
-						  " '0'::pg_catalog.xid\n",
-						  vacopts->min_xid_age);
-	}
-
-	if (vacopts->min_mxid_age != 0)
-	{
-		appendPQExpBuffer(&catalog_query,
-						  " AND GREATEST(pg_catalog.mxid_age(c.relminmxid),"
-						  " pg_catalog.mxid_age(t.relminmxid)) OPERATOR(pg_catalog.>=)"
-						  " '%d'::pg_catalog.int4\n"
-						  " AND c.relminmxid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.!=)"
-						  " '0'::pg_catalog.xid\n",
-						  vacopts->min_mxid_age);
-	}
-
-	if (vacopts->missing_stats_only)
-	{
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, " AND (\n");
-
-		/* regular stats */
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-							 " EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_attribute a\n"
-							 " WHERE a.attrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid\n"
-							 " AND a.attnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.>) 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
-							 " AND NOT a.attisdropped\n"
-							 " AND a.attstattarget IS DISTINCT FROM 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
-							 " AND a.attgenerated OPERATOR(pg_catalog.<>) "
-							 CppAsString2(ATTRIBUTE_GENERATED_VIRTUAL) "\n"
-							 " AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic s\n"
-							 " WHERE s.starelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attrelid\n"
-							 " AND s.staattnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attnum\n"
-							 " AND s.stainherit OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) p.inherited))\n");
-
-		/* extended stats */
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-							 " OR EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext e\n"
-							 " WHERE e.stxrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid\n"
-							 " AND e.stxstattarget IS DISTINCT FROM 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
-							 " AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext_data d\n"
-							 " WHERE d.stxoid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) e.oid\n"
-							 " AND d.stxdinherit OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) p.inherited))\n");
-
-		/* expression indexes */
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-							 " OR EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_attribute a\n"
-							 " JOIN pg_catalog.pg_index i"
-							 " ON i.indexrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attrelid\n"
-							 " WHERE i.indrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid\n"
-							 " AND i.indkey[a.attnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.-) 1::pg_catalog.int2]"
-							 " OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
-							 " AND a.attnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.>) 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
-							 " AND NOT a.attisdropped\n"
-							 " AND a.attstattarget IS DISTINCT FROM 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
-							 " AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic s\n"
-							 " WHERE s.starelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attrelid\n"
-							 " AND s.staattnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attnum\n"
-							 " AND s.stainherit OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) p.inherited))\n");
-
-		/* inheritance and regular stats */
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-							 " OR EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_attribute a\n"
-							 " WHERE a.attrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid\n"
-							 " AND a.attnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.>) 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
-							 " AND NOT a.attisdropped\n"
-							 " AND a.attstattarget IS DISTINCT FROM 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
-							 " AND a.attgenerated OPERATOR(pg_catalog.<>) "
-							 CppAsString2(ATTRIBUTE_GENERATED_VIRTUAL) "\n"
-							 " AND c.relhassubclass\n"
-							 " AND NOT p.inherited\n"
-							 " AND EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_inherits h\n"
-							 " WHERE h.inhparent OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid)\n"
-							 " AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic s\n"
-							 " WHERE s.starelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attrelid\n"
-							 " AND s.staattnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attnum\n"
-							 " AND s.stainherit))\n");
-
-		/* inheritance and extended stats */
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
-							 " OR EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext e\n"
-							 " WHERE e.stxrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid\n"
-							 " AND e.stxstattarget IS DISTINCT FROM 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
-							 " AND c.relhassubclass\n"
-							 " AND NOT p.inherited\n"
-							 " AND EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_inherits h\n"
-							 " WHERE h.inhparent OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid)\n"
-							 " AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext_data d\n"
-							 " WHERE d.stxoid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) e.oid\n"
-							 " AND d.stxdinherit))\n");
-
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, " )\n");
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Execute the catalog query.  We use the default search_path for this
-	 * query for consistency with table lookups done elsewhere by the user.
-	 */
-	appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, " ORDER BY c.relpages DESC;");
-	executeCommand(conn, "RESET search_path;", echo);
-	res = executeQuery(conn, catalog_query.data, echo);
-	termPQExpBuffer(&catalog_query);
-	PQclear(executeQuery(conn, ALWAYS_SECURE_SEARCH_PATH_SQL, echo));
-
-	/*
-	 * Build qualified identifiers for each table, including the column list
-	 * if given.
-	 */
-	initPQExpBuffer(&buf);
-	for (int i = 0; i < PQntuples(res); i++)
-	{
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(&buf,
-							 fmtQualifiedIdEnc(PQgetvalue(res, i, 1),
-											   PQgetvalue(res, i, 0),
-											   PQclientEncoding(conn)));
-
-		if (objects_listed && !PQgetisnull(res, i, 2))
-			appendPQExpBufferStr(&buf, PQgetvalue(res, i, 2));
-
-		simple_string_list_append(found_objs, buf.data);
-		resetPQExpBuffer(&buf);
-	}
-	termPQExpBuffer(&buf);
-	PQclear(res);
-
-	return found_objs;
-}
-
-/*
- * Vacuum/analyze all connectable databases.
- *
- * In analyze-in-stages mode, we process all databases in one stage before
- * moving on to the next stage.  That ensure minimal stats are available
- * quickly everywhere before generating more detailed ones.
- */
-static void
-vacuum_all_databases(ConnParams *cparams,
-					 vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
-					 bool analyze_in_stages,
-					 SimpleStringList *objects,
-					 int concurrentCons,
-					 const char *progname, bool echo, bool quiet)
-{
-	PGconn	   *conn;
-	PGresult   *result;
-	int			stage;
-	int			i;
-
-	conn = connectMaintenanceDatabase(cparams, progname, echo);
-	result = executeQuery(conn,
-						  "SELECT datname FROM pg_database WHERE datallowconn AND datconnlimit <> -2 ORDER BY 1;",
-						  echo);
-	PQfinish(conn);
-
-	if (analyze_in_stages)
-	{
-		SimpleStringList **found_objs = NULL;
-
-		if (vacopts->missing_stats_only)
-			found_objs = palloc0(PQntuples(result) * sizeof(SimpleStringList *));
-
-		/*
-		 * When analyzing all databases in stages, we analyze them all in the
-		 * fastest stage first, so that initial statistics become available
-		 * for all of them as soon as possible.
-		 *
-		 * This means we establish several times as many connections, but
-		 * that's a secondary consideration.
-		 */
-		for (stage = 0; stage < ANALYZE_NUM_STAGES; stage++)
-		{
-			for (i = 0; i < PQntuples(result); i++)
-			{
-				cparams->override_dbname = PQgetvalue(result, i, 0);
-
-				vacuum_one_database(cparams, vacopts,
-									stage,
-									objects,
-									vacopts->missing_stats_only ? &found_objs[i] : NULL,
-									concurrentCons,
-									progname, echo, quiet);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		for (i = 0; i < PQntuples(result); i++)
-		{
-			cparams->override_dbname = PQgetvalue(result, i, 0);
-
-			vacuum_one_database(cparams, vacopts,
-								ANALYZE_NO_STAGE,
-								objects, NULL,
-								concurrentCons,
-								progname, echo, quiet);
-		}
-	}
-
-	PQclear(result);
-}
-
-/*
- * Construct a vacuum/analyze command to run based on the given options, in the
- * given string buffer, which may contain previous garbage.
- *
- * The table name used must be already properly quoted.  The command generated
- * depends on the server version involved and it is semicolon-terminated.
- */
-static void
-prepare_vacuum_command(PQExpBuffer sql, int serverVersion,
-					   vacuumingOptions *vacopts, const char *table)
-{
-	const char *paren = " (";
-	const char *comma = ", ";
-	const char *sep = paren;
-
-	resetPQExpBuffer(sql);
-
-	if (vacopts->analyze_only)
-	{
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, "ANALYZE");
-
-		/* parenthesized grammar of ANALYZE is supported since v11 */
-		if (serverVersion >= 110000)
-		{
-			if (vacopts->skip_locked)
-			{
-				/* SKIP_LOCKED is supported since v12 */
-				Assert(serverVersion >= 120000);
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sSKIP_LOCKED", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (vacopts->verbose)
-			{
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sVERBOSE", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (vacopts->buffer_usage_limit)
-			{
-				Assert(serverVersion >= 160000);
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sBUFFER_USAGE_LIMIT '%s'", sep,
-								  vacopts->buffer_usage_limit);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (sep != paren)
-				appendPQExpBufferChar(sql, ')');
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			if (vacopts->verbose)
-				appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, " VERBOSE");
-		}
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, "VACUUM");
-
-		/* parenthesized grammar of VACUUM is supported since v9.0 */
-		if (serverVersion >= 90000)
-		{
-			if (vacopts->disable_page_skipping)
-			{
-				/* DISABLE_PAGE_SKIPPING is supported since v9.6 */
-				Assert(serverVersion >= 90600);
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sDISABLE_PAGE_SKIPPING", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (vacopts->no_index_cleanup)
-			{
-				/* "INDEX_CLEANUP FALSE" has been supported since v12 */
-				Assert(serverVersion >= 120000);
-				Assert(!vacopts->force_index_cleanup);
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sINDEX_CLEANUP FALSE", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (vacopts->force_index_cleanup)
-			{
-				/* "INDEX_CLEANUP TRUE" has been supported since v12 */
-				Assert(serverVersion >= 120000);
-				Assert(!vacopts->no_index_cleanup);
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sINDEX_CLEANUP TRUE", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (!vacopts->do_truncate)
-			{
-				/* TRUNCATE is supported since v12 */
-				Assert(serverVersion >= 120000);
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sTRUNCATE FALSE", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (!vacopts->process_main)
-			{
-				/* PROCESS_MAIN is supported since v16 */
-				Assert(serverVersion >= 160000);
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sPROCESS_MAIN FALSE", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (!vacopts->process_toast)
-			{
-				/* PROCESS_TOAST is supported since v14 */
-				Assert(serverVersion >= 140000);
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sPROCESS_TOAST FALSE", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (vacopts->skip_database_stats)
-			{
-				/* SKIP_DATABASE_STATS is supported since v16 */
-				Assert(serverVersion >= 160000);
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sSKIP_DATABASE_STATS", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (vacopts->skip_locked)
-			{
-				/* SKIP_LOCKED is supported since v12 */
-				Assert(serverVersion >= 120000);
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sSKIP_LOCKED", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (vacopts->full)
-			{
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sFULL", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (vacopts->freeze)
-			{
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sFREEZE", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (vacopts->verbose)
-			{
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sVERBOSE", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (vacopts->and_analyze)
-			{
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sANALYZE", sep);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (vacopts->parallel_workers >= 0)
-			{
-				/* PARALLEL is supported since v13 */
-				Assert(serverVersion >= 130000);
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sPARALLEL %d", sep,
-								  vacopts->parallel_workers);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (vacopts->buffer_usage_limit)
-			{
-				Assert(serverVersion >= 160000);
-				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sBUFFER_USAGE_LIMIT '%s'", sep,
-								  vacopts->buffer_usage_limit);
-				sep = comma;
-			}
-			if (sep != paren)
-				appendPQExpBufferChar(sql, ')');
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			if (vacopts->full)
-				appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, " FULL");
-			if (vacopts->freeze)
-				appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, " FREEZE");
-			if (vacopts->verbose)
-				appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, " VERBOSE");
-			if (vacopts->and_analyze)
-				appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, " ANALYZE");
-		}
-	}
-
-	appendPQExpBuffer(sql, " %s;", table);
-}
-
-/*
- * Send a vacuum/analyze command to the server, returning after sending the
- * command.
- *
- * Any errors during command execution are reported to stderr.
- */
-static void
-run_vacuum_command(PGconn *conn, const char *sql, bool echo,
-				   const char *table)
-{
-	bool		status;
-
-	if (echo)
-		printf("%s\n", sql);
-
-	status = PQsendQuery(conn, sql) == 1;
-
-	if (!status)
-	{
-		if (table)
-			pg_log_error("vacuuming of table \"%s\" in database \"%s\" failed: %s",
-						 table, PQdb(conn), PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		else
-			pg_log_error("vacuuming of database \"%s\" failed: %s",
-						 PQdb(conn), PQerrorMessage(conn));
-	}
-}
 
 static void
 help(const char *progname)
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.c b/src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9f2e507557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1012 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * vacuuming.c
+ *		Helper routines for vacuumdb
+ *
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ * src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.c
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#include "postgres_fe.h"
+
+#include "catalog/pg_attribute_d.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_class_d.h"
+#include "common/connect.h"
+#include "common/logging.h"
+#include "fe_utils/cancel.h"
+#include "fe_utils/option_utils.h"
+#include "fe_utils/parallel_slot.h"
+#include "fe_utils/query_utils.h"
+#include "fe_utils/string_utils.h"
+#include "vacuuming.h"
+
+
+static int	vacuum_one_database(ConnParams *cparams,
+								vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
+								int stage,
+								VacObjFilter objfilter,
+								SimpleStringList *objects,
+								SimpleStringList **found_objs,
+								int concurrentCons,
+								const char *progname, bool echo, bool quiet);
+static int	vacuum_all_databases(ConnParams *cparams,
+								 vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
+								 bool analyze_in_stages,
+								 VacObjFilter objfilter,
+								 SimpleStringList *objects,
+								 int concurrentCons,
+								 const char *progname, bool echo, bool quiet);
+static SimpleStringList *retrieve_objects(PGconn *conn,
+										  vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
+										  VacObjFilter objfilter,
+										  SimpleStringList *objects,
+										  bool echo);
+static void prepare_vacuum_command(PGconn *conn, PQExpBuffer sql,
+								   vacuumingOptions *vacopts, const char *table);
+static void run_vacuum_command(PGconn *conn, const char *sql, bool echo,
+							   const char *table);
+
+/*
+ * Executes vacuum/analyze as indicated, or dies in case of failure.
+ */
+int
+vacuuming_main(ConnParams *cparams, const char *dbname,
+			   const char *maintenance_db, vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
+			   VacObjFilter objfilter, SimpleStringList *objects,
+			   int tbl_count, bool analyze_in_stages, int concurrentCons,
+			   const char *progname, bool echo, bool quiet)
+{
+	setup_cancel_handler(NULL);
+
+	/* Avoid opening extra connections. */
+	if (tbl_count && (concurrentCons > tbl_count))
+		concurrentCons = tbl_count;
+
+	if (objfilter & OBJFILTER_ALL_DBS)
+	{
+		cparams->dbname = maintenance_db;
+
+		return vacuum_all_databases(cparams, vacopts,
+									analyze_in_stages,
+									objfilter, objects,
+									concurrentCons,
+									progname, echo, quiet);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (dbname == NULL)
+		{
+			if (getenv("PGDATABASE"))
+				dbname = getenv("PGDATABASE");
+			else if (getenv("PGUSER"))
+				dbname = getenv("PGUSER");
+			else
+				dbname = get_user_name_or_exit(progname);
+		}
+
+		cparams->dbname = dbname;
+
+		if (analyze_in_stages)
+		{
+			SimpleStringList *found_objs = NULL;
+
+			for (int stage = 0; stage < ANALYZE_NUM_STAGES; stage++)
+			{
+				int			ret;
+
+				ret = vacuum_one_database(cparams, vacopts,
+										  stage,
+										  objfilter, objects,
+										  vacopts->missing_stats_only ? &found_objs : NULL,
+										  concurrentCons,
+										  progname, echo, quiet);
+				if (ret != 0)
+					return ret;
+			}
+
+			return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+		}
+		else
+			return vacuum_one_database(cparams, vacopts,
+									   ANALYZE_NO_STAGE,
+									   objfilter, objects, NULL,
+									   concurrentCons,
+									   progname, echo, quiet);
+	}
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * vacuum_one_database
+ *
+ * Process tables in the given database.
+ *
+ * There are two ways to specify the list of objects to process:
+ *
+ * 1) The "found_objs" parameter is a double pointer to a fully qualified list
+ *    of objects to process, as returned by a previous call to
+ *    vacuum_one_database().
+ *
+ *     a) If both "found_objs" (the double pointer) and "*found_objs" (the
+ *        once-dereferenced double pointer) are not NULL, this list takes
+ *        priority, and anything specified in "objects" is ignored.
+ *
+ *     b) If "found_objs" (the double pointer) is not NULL but "*found_objs"
+ *        (the once-dereferenced double pointer) _is_ NULL, the "objects"
+ *        parameter takes priority, and the results of the catalog query
+ *        described in (2) are stored in "found_objs".
+ *
+ *     c) If "found_objs" (the double pointer) is NULL, the "objects"
+ *        parameter again takes priority, and the results of the catalog query
+ *        are not saved.
+ *
+ * 2) The "objects" parameter is a user-specified list of objects to process.
+ *    When (1b) or (1c) applies, this function performs a catalog query to
+ *    retrieve a fully qualified list of objects to process, as described
+ *    below.
+ *
+ *     a) If "objects" is not NULL, the catalog query gathers only the objects
+ *        listed in "objects".
+ *
+ *     b) If "objects" is NULL, all tables in the database are gathered.
+ *
+ * Note that this function is only concerned with running exactly one stage
+ * when in analyze-in-stages mode; caller must iterate on us if necessary.
+ *
+ * If concurrentCons is > 1, multiple connections are used to vacuum tables
+ * in parallel.
+ */
+static int
+vacuum_one_database(ConnParams *cparams,
+					vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
+					int stage,
+					VacObjFilter objfilter, SimpleStringList *objects,
+					SimpleStringList **found_objs,
+					int concurrentCons,
+					const char *progname, bool echo, bool quiet)
+{
+	PQExpBufferData sql;
+	PGconn	   *conn;
+	SimpleStringListCell *cell;
+	ParallelSlotArray *sa;
+	int			ntups = 0;
+	const char *initcmd;
+	SimpleStringList *retobjs = NULL;
+	int			ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+	const char *stage_commands[] = {
+		"SET default_statistics_target=1; SET vacuum_cost_delay=0;",
+		"SET default_statistics_target=10; RESET vacuum_cost_delay;",
+		"RESET default_statistics_target;"
+	};
+	const char *stage_messages[] = {
+		gettext_noop("Generating minimal optimizer statistics (1 target)"),
+		gettext_noop("Generating medium optimizer statistics (10 targets)"),
+		gettext_noop("Generating default (full) optimizer statistics")
+	};
+
+	Assert(stage == ANALYZE_NO_STAGE ||
+		   (stage >= 0 && stage < ANALYZE_NUM_STAGES));
+
+	conn = connectDatabase(cparams, progname, echo, false, true);
+
+	if (vacopts->disable_page_skipping && PQserverVersion(conn) < 90600)
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
+				 "disable-page-skipping", "9.6");
+	}
+
+	if (vacopts->no_index_cleanup && PQserverVersion(conn) < 120000)
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
+				 "no-index-cleanup", "12");
+	}
+
+	if (vacopts->force_index_cleanup && PQserverVersion(conn) < 120000)
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
+				 "force-index-cleanup", "12");
+	}
+
+	if (!vacopts->do_truncate && PQserverVersion(conn) < 120000)
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
+				 "no-truncate", "12");
+	}
+
+	if (!vacopts->process_main && PQserverVersion(conn) < 160000)
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
+				 "no-process-main", "16");
+	}
+
+	if (!vacopts->process_toast && PQserverVersion(conn) < 140000)
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
+				 "no-process-toast", "14");
+	}
+
+	if (vacopts->skip_locked && PQserverVersion(conn) < 120000)
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
+				 "skip-locked", "12");
+	}
+
+	if (vacopts->min_xid_age != 0 && PQserverVersion(conn) < 90600)
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
+				 "--min-xid-age", "9.6");
+	}
+
+	if (vacopts->min_mxid_age != 0 && PQserverVersion(conn) < 90600)
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
+				 "--min-mxid-age", "9.6");
+	}
+
+	if (vacopts->parallel_workers >= 0 && PQserverVersion(conn) < 130000)
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
+				 "--parallel", "13");
+	}
+
+	if (vacopts->buffer_usage_limit && PQserverVersion(conn) < 160000)
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
+				 "--buffer-usage-limit", "16");
+	}
+
+	if (vacopts->missing_stats_only && PQserverVersion(conn) < 150000)
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		pg_fatal("cannot use the \"%s\" option on server versions older than PostgreSQL %s",
+				 "--missing-stats-only", "15");
+	}
+
+	/* skip_database_stats is used automatically if server supports it */
+	vacopts->skip_database_stats = (PQserverVersion(conn) >= 160000);
+
+	if (!quiet)
+	{
+		if (stage != ANALYZE_NO_STAGE)
+			printf(_("%s: processing database \"%s\": %s\n"),
+				   progname, PQdb(conn), _(stage_messages[stage]));
+		else
+			printf(_("%s: vacuuming database \"%s\"\n"),
+				   progname, PQdb(conn));
+		fflush(stdout);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If the caller provided the results of a previous catalog query, just
+	 * use that.  Otherwise, run the catalog query ourselves and set the
+	 * return variable if provided.
+	 */
+	if (found_objs && *found_objs)
+		retobjs = *found_objs;
+	else
+	{
+		retobjs = retrieve_objects(conn, vacopts, objfilter, objects, echo);
+		if (found_objs)
+			*found_objs = retobjs;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Count the number of objects in the catalog query result.  If there are
+	 * none, we are done.
+	 */
+	for (cell = retobjs ? retobjs->head : NULL; cell; cell = cell->next)
+		ntups++;
+
+	if (ntups == 0)
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Ensure concurrentCons is sane.  If there are more connections than
+	 * vacuumable relations, we don't need to use them all.
+	 */
+	if (concurrentCons > ntups)
+		concurrentCons = ntups;
+	if (concurrentCons <= 0)
+		concurrentCons = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * All slots need to be prepared to run the appropriate analyze stage, if
+	 * caller requested that mode.  We have to prepare the initial connection
+	 * ourselves before setting up the slots.
+	 */
+	if (stage == ANALYZE_NO_STAGE)
+		initcmd = NULL;
+	else
+	{
+		initcmd = stage_commands[stage];
+		executeCommand(conn, initcmd, echo);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Setup the database connections. We reuse the connection we already have
+	 * for the first slot.  If not in parallel mode, the first slot in the
+	 * array contains the connection.
+	 */
+	sa = ParallelSlotsSetup(concurrentCons, cparams, progname, echo, initcmd);
+	ParallelSlotsAdoptConn(sa, conn);
+
+	initPQExpBuffer(&sql);
+
+	cell = retobjs->head;
+	do
+	{
+		const char *tabname = cell->val;
+		ParallelSlot *free_slot;
+
+		if (CancelRequested)
+		{
+			ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+			goto finish;
+		}
+
+		free_slot = ParallelSlotsGetIdle(sa, NULL);
+		if (!free_slot)
+		{
+			ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+			goto finish;
+		}
+
+		prepare_vacuum_command(free_slot->connection, &sql,
+							   vacopts, tabname);
+
+		/*
+		 * Execute the vacuum.  All errors are handled in processQueryResult
+		 * through ParallelSlotsGetIdle.
+		 */
+		ParallelSlotSetHandler(free_slot, TableCommandResultHandler, NULL);
+		run_vacuum_command(free_slot->connection, sql.data,
+						   echo, tabname);
+
+		cell = cell->next;
+	} while (cell != NULL);
+
+	if (!ParallelSlotsWaitCompletion(sa))
+	{
+		ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+		goto finish;
+	}
+
+	/* If we used SKIP_DATABASE_STATS, mop up with ONLY_DATABASE_STATS */
+	if (vacopts->skip_database_stats && stage == ANALYZE_NO_STAGE &&
+		!vacopts->analyze_only)
+	{
+		const char *cmd = "VACUUM (ONLY_DATABASE_STATS);";
+		ParallelSlot *free_slot = ParallelSlotsGetIdle(sa, NULL);
+
+		if (!free_slot)
+		{
+			ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+			goto finish;
+		}
+
+		ParallelSlotSetHandler(free_slot, TableCommandResultHandler, NULL);
+		run_vacuum_command(free_slot->connection, cmd, echo, NULL);
+
+		if (!ParallelSlotsWaitCompletion(sa))
+			ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+
+finish:
+	ParallelSlotsTerminate(sa);
+	pg_free(sa);
+
+	termPQExpBuffer(&sql);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Vacuum/analyze all connectable databases.
+ *
+ * In analyze-in-stages mode, we process all databases in one stage before
+ * moving on to the next stage.  That ensure minimal stats are available
+ * quickly everywhere before generating more detailed ones.
+ */
+static int
+vacuum_all_databases(ConnParams *cparams,
+					 vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
+					 bool analyze_in_stages,
+					 VacObjFilter objfilter,
+					 SimpleStringList *objects,
+					 int concurrentCons,
+					 const char *progname, bool echo, bool quiet)
+{
+	PGconn	   *conn;
+	PGresult   *result;
+
+	conn = connectMaintenanceDatabase(cparams, progname, echo);
+	result = executeQuery(conn,
+						  "SELECT datname FROM pg_database WHERE datallowconn AND datconnlimit <> -2 ORDER BY 1;",
+						  echo);
+	PQfinish(conn);
+
+	if (analyze_in_stages)
+	{
+		SimpleStringList **found_objs = NULL;
+
+		if (vacopts->missing_stats_only)
+			found_objs = palloc0(PQntuples(result) * sizeof(SimpleStringList *));
+
+		/*
+		 * When analyzing all databases in stages, we analyze them all in the
+		 * fastest stage first, so that initial statistics become available
+		 * for all of them as soon as possible.
+		 *
+		 * This means we establish several times as many connections, but
+		 * that's a secondary consideration.
+		 */
+		for (int stage = 0; stage < ANALYZE_NUM_STAGES; stage++)
+		{
+			for (int i = 0; i < PQntuples(result); i++)
+			{
+				int			ret;
+
+				cparams->override_dbname = PQgetvalue(result, i, 0);
+				ret = vacuum_one_database(cparams, vacopts,
+										  stage,
+										  objfilter, objects,
+										  vacopts->missing_stats_only ? &found_objs[i] : NULL,
+										  concurrentCons,
+										  progname, echo, quiet);
+				if (ret != EXIT_SUCCESS)
+					return ret;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		for (int i = 0; i < PQntuples(result); i++)
+		{
+			int			ret;
+
+			cparams->override_dbname = PQgetvalue(result, i, 0);
+			ret = vacuum_one_database(cparams, vacopts,
+									  ANALYZE_NO_STAGE,
+									  objfilter, objects,
+									  NULL,
+									  concurrentCons,
+									  progname, echo, quiet);
+			if (ret != EXIT_SUCCESS)
+				return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	PQclear(result);
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Prepare the list of tables to process by querying the catalogs.
+ *
+ * Since we execute the constructed query with the default search_path (which
+ * could be unsafe), everything in this query MUST be fully qualified.
+ *
+ * First, build a WITH clause for the catalog query if any tables were
+ * specified, with a set of values made of relation names and their optional
+ * set of columns.  This is used to match any provided column lists with the
+ * generated qualified identifiers and to filter for the tables provided via
+ * --table.  If a listed table does not exist, the catalog query will fail.
+ */
+static SimpleStringList *
+retrieve_objects(PGconn *conn, vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
+				 VacObjFilter objfilter, SimpleStringList *objects, bool echo)
+{
+	PQExpBufferData buf;
+	PQExpBufferData catalog_query;
+	PGresult   *res;
+	SimpleStringListCell *cell;
+	SimpleStringList *found_objs = palloc0(sizeof(SimpleStringList));
+	bool		objects_listed = false;
+
+	initPQExpBuffer(&catalog_query);
+	for (cell = objects ? objects->head : NULL; cell; cell = cell->next)
+	{
+		char	   *just_table = NULL;
+		const char *just_columns = NULL;
+
+		if (!objects_listed)
+		{
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
+								 "WITH listed_objects (object_oid, column_list) AS (\n"
+								 "  VALUES (");
+			objects_listed = true;
+		}
+		else
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, ",\n  (");
+
+		if (objfilter & (OBJFILTER_SCHEMA | OBJFILTER_SCHEMA_EXCLUDE))
+		{
+			appendStringLiteralConn(&catalog_query, cell->val, conn);
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "::pg_catalog.regnamespace, ");
+		}
+
+		if (objfilter & OBJFILTER_TABLE)
+		{
+			/*
+			 * Split relation and column names given by the user, this is used
+			 * to feed the CTE with values on which are performed pre-run
+			 * validity checks as well.  For now these happen only on the
+			 * relation name.
+			 */
+			splitTableColumnsSpec(cell->val, PQclientEncoding(conn),
+								  &just_table, &just_columns);
+
+			appendStringLiteralConn(&catalog_query, just_table, conn);
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "::pg_catalog.regclass, ");
+		}
+
+		if (just_columns && just_columns[0] != '\0')
+			appendStringLiteralConn(&catalog_query, just_columns, conn);
+		else
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "NULL");
+
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "::pg_catalog.text)");
+
+		pg_free(just_table);
+	}
+
+	/* Finish formatting the CTE */
+	if (objects_listed)
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "\n)\n");
+
+	appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "SELECT c.relname, ns.nspname");
+
+	if (objects_listed)
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, ", listed_objects.column_list");
+
+	appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
+						 " FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c\n"
+						 " JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace ns"
+						 " ON c.relnamespace OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) ns.oid\n"
+						 " CROSS JOIN LATERAL (SELECT c.relkind IN ("
+						 CppAsString2(RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE) ", "
+						 CppAsString2(RELKIND_PARTITIONED_INDEX) ")) as p (inherited)\n"
+						 " LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_class t"
+						 " ON c.reltoastrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) t.oid\n");
+
+	/*
+	 * Used to match the tables or schemas listed by the user, completing the
+	 * JOIN clause.
+	 */
+	if (objects_listed)
+	{
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, " LEFT JOIN listed_objects"
+							 " ON listed_objects.object_oid"
+							 " OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) ");
+
+		if (objfilter & OBJFILTER_TABLE)
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "c.oid\n");
+		else
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, "ns.oid\n");
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Exclude temporary tables, beginning the WHERE clause.
+	 */
+	appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
+						 " WHERE c.relpersistence OPERATOR(pg_catalog.!=) "
+						 CppAsString2(RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP) "\n");
+
+	/*
+	 * Used to match the tables or schemas listed by the user, for the WHERE
+	 * clause.
+	 */
+	if (objects_listed)
+	{
+		if (objfilter & OBJFILTER_SCHEMA_EXCLUDE)
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
+								 " AND listed_objects.object_oid IS NULL\n");
+		else
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
+								 " AND listed_objects.object_oid IS NOT NULL\n");
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If no tables were listed, filter for the relevant relation types.  If
+	 * tables were given via --table, don't bother filtering by relation type.
+	 * Instead, let the server decide whether a given relation can be
+	 * processed in which case the user will know about it.
+	 */
+	if ((objfilter & OBJFILTER_TABLE) == 0)
+	{
+		/*
+		 * vacuumdb should generally follow the behavior of the underlying
+		 * VACUUM and ANALYZE commands. If analyze_only is true, process
+		 * regular tables, materialized views, and partitioned tables, just
+		 * like ANALYZE (with no specific target tables) does. Otherwise,
+		 * process only regular tables and materialized views, since VACUUM
+		 * skips partitioned tables when no target tables are specified.
+		 */
+		if (vacopts->analyze_only)
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
+								 " AND c.relkind OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) ANY (array["
+								 CppAsString2(RELKIND_RELATION) ", "
+								 CppAsString2(RELKIND_MATVIEW) ", "
+								 CppAsString2(RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE) "])\n");
+		else
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
+								 " AND c.relkind OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) ANY (array["
+								 CppAsString2(RELKIND_RELATION) ", "
+								 CppAsString2(RELKIND_MATVIEW) "])\n");
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * For --min-xid-age and --min-mxid-age, the age of the relation is the
+	 * greatest of the ages of the main relation and its associated TOAST
+	 * table.  The commands generated by vacuumdb will also process the TOAST
+	 * table for the relation if necessary, so it does not need to be
+	 * considered separately.
+	 */
+	if (vacopts->min_xid_age != 0)
+	{
+		appendPQExpBuffer(&catalog_query,
+						  " AND GREATEST(pg_catalog.age(c.relfrozenxid),"
+						  " pg_catalog.age(t.relfrozenxid)) "
+						  " OPERATOR(pg_catalog.>=) '%d'::pg_catalog.int4\n"
+						  " AND c.relfrozenxid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.!=)"
+						  " '0'::pg_catalog.xid\n",
+						  vacopts->min_xid_age);
+	}
+
+	if (vacopts->min_mxid_age != 0)
+	{
+		appendPQExpBuffer(&catalog_query,
+						  " AND GREATEST(pg_catalog.mxid_age(c.relminmxid),"
+						  " pg_catalog.mxid_age(t.relminmxid)) OPERATOR(pg_catalog.>=)"
+						  " '%d'::pg_catalog.int4\n"
+						  " AND c.relminmxid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.!=)"
+						  " '0'::pg_catalog.xid\n",
+						  vacopts->min_mxid_age);
+	}
+
+	if (vacopts->missing_stats_only)
+	{
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, " AND (\n");
+
+		/* regular stats */
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
+							 " EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_attribute a\n"
+							 " WHERE a.attrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid\n"
+							 " AND a.attnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.>) 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
+							 " AND NOT a.attisdropped\n"
+							 " AND a.attstattarget IS DISTINCT FROM 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
+							 " AND a.attgenerated OPERATOR(pg_catalog.<>) "
+							 CppAsString2(ATTRIBUTE_GENERATED_VIRTUAL) "\n"
+							 " AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic s\n"
+							 " WHERE s.starelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attrelid\n"
+							 " AND s.staattnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attnum\n"
+							 " AND s.stainherit OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) p.inherited))\n");
+
+		/* extended stats */
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
+							 " OR EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext e\n"
+							 " WHERE e.stxrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid\n"
+							 " AND e.stxstattarget IS DISTINCT FROM 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
+							 " AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext_data d\n"
+							 " WHERE d.stxoid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) e.oid\n"
+							 " AND d.stxdinherit OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) p.inherited))\n");
+
+		/* expression indexes */
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
+							 " OR EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_attribute a\n"
+							 " JOIN pg_catalog.pg_index i"
+							 " ON i.indexrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attrelid\n"
+							 " WHERE i.indrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid\n"
+							 " AND i.indkey[a.attnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.-) 1::pg_catalog.int2]"
+							 " OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
+							 " AND a.attnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.>) 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
+							 " AND NOT a.attisdropped\n"
+							 " AND a.attstattarget IS DISTINCT FROM 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
+							 " AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic s\n"
+							 " WHERE s.starelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attrelid\n"
+							 " AND s.staattnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attnum\n"
+							 " AND s.stainherit OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) p.inherited))\n");
+
+		/* inheritance and regular stats */
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
+							 " OR EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_attribute a\n"
+							 " WHERE a.attrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid\n"
+							 " AND a.attnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.>) 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
+							 " AND NOT a.attisdropped\n"
+							 " AND a.attstattarget IS DISTINCT FROM 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
+							 " AND a.attgenerated OPERATOR(pg_catalog.<>) "
+							 CppAsString2(ATTRIBUTE_GENERATED_VIRTUAL) "\n"
+							 " AND c.relhassubclass\n"
+							 " AND NOT p.inherited\n"
+							 " AND EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_inherits h\n"
+							 " WHERE h.inhparent OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid)\n"
+							 " AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic s\n"
+							 " WHERE s.starelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attrelid\n"
+							 " AND s.staattnum OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) a.attnum\n"
+							 " AND s.stainherit))\n");
+
+		/* inheritance and extended stats */
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query,
+							 " OR EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext e\n"
+							 " WHERE e.stxrelid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid\n"
+							 " AND e.stxstattarget IS DISTINCT FROM 0::pg_catalog.int2\n"
+							 " AND c.relhassubclass\n"
+							 " AND NOT p.inherited\n"
+							 " AND EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_inherits h\n"
+							 " WHERE h.inhparent OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) c.oid)\n"
+							 " AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT NULL FROM pg_catalog.pg_statistic_ext_data d\n"
+							 " WHERE d.stxoid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) e.oid\n"
+							 " AND d.stxdinherit))\n");
+
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, " )\n");
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Execute the catalog query.  We use the default search_path for this
+	 * query for consistency with table lookups done elsewhere by the user.
+	 */
+	appendPQExpBufferStr(&catalog_query, " ORDER BY c.relpages DESC;");
+	executeCommand(conn, "RESET search_path;", echo);
+	res = executeQuery(conn, catalog_query.data, echo);
+	termPQExpBuffer(&catalog_query);
+	PQclear(executeQuery(conn, ALWAYS_SECURE_SEARCH_PATH_SQL, echo));
+
+	/*
+	 * Build qualified identifiers for each table, including the column list
+	 * if given.
+	 */
+	initPQExpBuffer(&buf);
+	for (int i = 0; i < PQntuples(res); i++)
+	{
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(&buf,
+							 fmtQualifiedIdEnc(PQgetvalue(res, i, 1),
+											   PQgetvalue(res, i, 0),
+											   PQclientEncoding(conn)));
+
+		if (objects_listed && !PQgetisnull(res, i, 2))
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(&buf, PQgetvalue(res, i, 2));
+
+		simple_string_list_append(found_objs, buf.data);
+		resetPQExpBuffer(&buf);
+	}
+	termPQExpBuffer(&buf);
+	PQclear(res);
+
+	return found_objs;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Construct a vacuum/analyze command to run based on the given
+ * options, in the given string buffer, which may contain previous garbage.
+ *
+ * The table name used must be already properly quoted.  The command generated
+ * depends on the server version involved and it is semicolon-terminated.
+ */
+static void
+prepare_vacuum_command(PGconn *conn, PQExpBuffer sql,
+					   vacuumingOptions *vacopts, const char *table)
+{
+	int		serverVersion = PQserverVersion(conn);
+	const char *paren = " (";
+	const char *comma = ", ";
+	const char *sep = paren;
+
+	resetPQExpBuffer(sql);
+
+	if (vacopts->analyze_only)
+	{
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, "ANALYZE");
+
+		/* parenthesized grammar of ANALYZE is supported since v11 */
+		if (serverVersion >= 110000)
+		{
+			if (vacopts->skip_locked)
+			{
+				/* SKIP_LOCKED is supported since v12 */
+				Assert(serverVersion >= 120000);
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sSKIP_LOCKED", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (vacopts->verbose)
+			{
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sVERBOSE", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (vacopts->buffer_usage_limit)
+			{
+				Assert(serverVersion >= 160000);
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sBUFFER_USAGE_LIMIT '%s'", sep,
+								  vacopts->buffer_usage_limit);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (sep != paren)
+				appendPQExpBufferChar(sql, ')');
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (vacopts->verbose)
+				appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, " VERBOSE");
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, "VACUUM");
+
+		/* parenthesized grammar of VACUUM is supported since v9.0 */
+		if (serverVersion >= 90000)
+		{
+			if (vacopts->disable_page_skipping)
+			{
+				/* DISABLE_PAGE_SKIPPING is supported since v9.6 */
+				Assert(serverVersion >= 90600);
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sDISABLE_PAGE_SKIPPING", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (vacopts->no_index_cleanup)
+			{
+				/* "INDEX_CLEANUP FALSE" has been supported since v12 */
+				Assert(serverVersion >= 120000);
+				Assert(!vacopts->force_index_cleanup);
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sINDEX_CLEANUP FALSE", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (vacopts->force_index_cleanup)
+			{
+				/* "INDEX_CLEANUP TRUE" has been supported since v12 */
+				Assert(serverVersion >= 120000);
+				Assert(!vacopts->no_index_cleanup);
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sINDEX_CLEANUP TRUE", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (!vacopts->do_truncate)
+			{
+				/* TRUNCATE is supported since v12 */
+				Assert(serverVersion >= 120000);
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sTRUNCATE FALSE", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (!vacopts->process_main)
+			{
+				/* PROCESS_MAIN is supported since v16 */
+				Assert(serverVersion >= 160000);
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sPROCESS_MAIN FALSE", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (!vacopts->process_toast)
+			{
+				/* PROCESS_TOAST is supported since v14 */
+				Assert(serverVersion >= 140000);
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sPROCESS_TOAST FALSE", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (vacopts->skip_database_stats)
+			{
+				/* SKIP_DATABASE_STATS is supported since v16 */
+				Assert(serverVersion >= 160000);
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sSKIP_DATABASE_STATS", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (vacopts->skip_locked)
+			{
+				/* SKIP_LOCKED is supported since v12 */
+				Assert(serverVersion >= 120000);
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sSKIP_LOCKED", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (vacopts->full)
+			{
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sFULL", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (vacopts->freeze)
+			{
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sFREEZE", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (vacopts->verbose)
+			{
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sVERBOSE", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (vacopts->and_analyze)
+			{
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sANALYZE", sep);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (vacopts->parallel_workers >= 0)
+			{
+				/* PARALLEL is supported since v13 */
+				Assert(serverVersion >= 130000);
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sPARALLEL %d", sep,
+								  vacopts->parallel_workers);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (vacopts->buffer_usage_limit)
+			{
+				Assert(serverVersion >= 160000);
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sBUFFER_USAGE_LIMIT '%s'", sep,
+								  vacopts->buffer_usage_limit);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
+			if (sep != paren)
+				appendPQExpBufferChar(sql, ')');
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (vacopts->full)
+				appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, " FULL");
+			if (vacopts->freeze)
+				appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, " FREEZE");
+			if (vacopts->verbose)
+				appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, " VERBOSE");
+			if (vacopts->and_analyze)
+				appendPQExpBufferStr(sql, " ANALYZE");
+		}
+	}
+
+	appendPQExpBuffer(sql, " %s;", table);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Send a vacuum/analyze command to the server, returning after sending the
+ * command.
+ *
+ * Any errors during command execution are reported to stderr.
+ */
+static void
+run_vacuum_command(PGconn *conn, const char *sql, bool echo,
+				   const char *table)
+{
+	bool		status;
+
+	if (echo)
+		printf("%s\n", sql);
+
+	status = PQsendQuery(conn, sql) == 1;
+
+	if (!status)
+	{
+		if (table)
+		{
+			pg_log_error("vacuuming of table \"%s\" in database \"%s\" failed: %s",
+						 table, PQdb(conn), PQerrorMessage(conn));
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			pg_log_error("vacuuming of database \"%s\" failed: %s",
+						 PQdb(conn), PQerrorMessage(conn));
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns a newly malloc'd version of 'src' with escaped single quotes and
+ * backslashes.
+ */
+char *
+escape_quotes(const char *src)
+{
+	char	   *result = escape_single_quotes_ascii(src);
+
+	if (!result)
+		pg_fatal("out of memory");
+	return result;
+}
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.h b/src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..021953e153a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.h
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * vacuuming.h
+ *		Common declarations for vacuuming.c
+ *
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ * src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.h
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+#ifndef VACUUMING_H
+#define VACUUMING_H
+
+#include "common.h"
+#include "fe_utils/connect_utils.h"
+#include "fe_utils/simple_list.h"
+
+/* For analyze-in-stages mode */
+#define ANALYZE_NO_STAGE	-1
+#define ANALYZE_NUM_STAGES	3
+
+/* vacuum options controlled by user flags */
+typedef struct vacuumingOptions
+{
+	bool		analyze_only;
+	bool		verbose;
+	bool		and_analyze;
+	bool		full;
+	bool		freeze;
+	bool		disable_page_skipping;
+	bool		skip_locked;
+	int			min_xid_age;
+	int			min_mxid_age;
+	int			parallel_workers;	/* >= 0 indicates user specified the
+									 * parallel degree, otherwise -1 */
+	bool		no_index_cleanup;
+	bool		force_index_cleanup;
+	bool		do_truncate;
+	bool		process_main;
+	bool		process_toast;
+	bool		skip_database_stats;
+	char	   *buffer_usage_limit;
+	bool		missing_stats_only;
+} vacuumingOptions;
+
+/* object filter options */
+typedef enum
+{
+	OBJFILTER_NONE = 0,			/* no filter used */
+	OBJFILTER_ALL_DBS = (1 << 0),	/* -a | --all */
+	OBJFILTER_DATABASE = (1 << 1),	/* -d | --dbname */
+	OBJFILTER_TABLE = (1 << 2), /* -t | --table */
+	OBJFILTER_SCHEMA = (1 << 3),	/* -n | --schema */
+	OBJFILTER_SCHEMA_EXCLUDE = (1 << 4),	/* -N | --exclude-schema */
+} VacObjFilter;
+
+extern int	vacuuming_main(ConnParams *cparams, const char *dbname,
+						   const char *maintenance_db, vacuumingOptions *vacopts,
+						   VacObjFilter objfilter, SimpleStringList *objects,
+						   int tbl_count, bool analyze_in_stages,
+						   int concurrentCons,
+						   const char *progname, bool echo, bool quiet);
+
+extern char *escape_quotes(const char *src);
+
+#endif							/* VACUUMING_H */

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 362+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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2026-03-24 04:09 [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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